Crispy chive pancake appetizer tasted as fresh and crispy as the menu describes it, recommend. The pork and chive dumplings were listed as a customer favorite. Dumplings over steamed but they tasted pretty good. The sliced beef was tendor but lacked pizazz. It's like all the ingredients were there but never blended. Too much chili oil, not enough hot, and what's up with the whole peanuts? More cilantro stalk than leaf as a garnish. I wanted to find a frying pan and just stir-fry it all together. Throw on some salt and pepper! GOING TO ORDER FROM THEM AGAIN. Something tells me they are worth trying one more time.
Chen's has some of the most authentic Chinese dumplings in town! Often I crave the fluffy, doughy buns and they always provide! I also love the scallion pancakes! Seriously, if you have baoza cravings, this is THE place.
Though it’s small, it packs lots of good food. I ordered handmade noodle with beef and was very happy with it.
My go to place for dumplings and Shumai when I’m in Madison. The pork dumplings are nice and juicy and filled with delicious pork. The Shumai has shrimp and pork and the portions are very generous. I Enjoy dipping the food in ponzu sauce along with the chili oil and black vinegar. This place can get very busy with mostly take out app orders.
Delicious and authentic noodles dishes and dumplings. We left so full and satisfied!
The food here is to die for. I've ordered the Beijing Noodles with Mild Spicy, the crabmeat and pork soup dumplings, and the pork dumplings. They are so good. Every meal I get here is better than the last. The serving sizes are incredible. The meat melts on your tongue. I love this place so much! Please eat here. It's incredible.
Chen’s Dumplings has such delicious food! I highly recommend it, especially the pork and chive potstickers and the bbq pork buns. The person on the register the last time I went was super nice as well!
Nice place. First floor is a little bit lack of space but second floor has big area for seating. Dumplings are very good, hand pulled noodles are great too. Their soy bean milk is fresh made and tasty, not too sweet.
Delicious food and great service! Next time I'm in Madison, I'll be back!
Don't go here. If you do, it might take me a few minutes longer to get my sweet, sweet dumpling love.Seriously, I don't know what kind of crazy-entitled people comment here, but this is one of the best hole in the wall authentic Chinese dumpling specialists I've ever encountered. The soup dumplings were amazing, the pork and chive dumplings are incredible. The shrimp shumai were light and delicious. The barbecue pork bao were tangy-sweet. The online ordering system is fast and simple, and I recommend it since there are only four tables in this tiny restaurant and there was even folks standing in line for take-out. Order ahead, and you'll want to park on Gilman and enter the back door since there's no parking on State street.